On-brand pack templates
Retail and shelf-edge layouts are designed once and reused across every product and store.
On-Pack Identification
The code on the pack, and everything behind it.
EAN, UPC and GTIN today — GS1 DataMatrix and Digital Link on the same artwork.
A retail pack now has to satisfy the till, the warehouse, the recycling stream and a shopper with a phone. TEC-IT generates every carrier that pack needs from one set of product data, in vector formats your prepress team can drop straight into artwork.
The pack has one barcode's worth of space and four jobs to do.
Generate packaging codes from one consistent product record.
The till needs a GTIN. The distribution centre needs a case code. Packaging rules are moving toward machine-readable material and recycling information. And marketing wants a scannable destination. Adding a symbol for each is how artwork ends up crowded and inconsistent between SKUs. TEC-IT generates all of them from the same product record — so the GTIN in the EAN and the GTIN in the Digital Link cannot drift apart.
The code on the pack.
GTINs, price data and printing as one system.
GTIN and price checked together
Each GTIN and price is checked against GS1 before it reaches the shelf.
Store-ready publishing
Deliver the current pack or shelf label to stores, prepress teams and retail applications.
The products behind Retail & Consumer Goods.
Every solution maps to proven, licensable products.
Barcode Studio
Creates retail-ready EAN, UPC, QR and DataMatrix images for packs, shelves and artwork.
Online tools
Generates barcodes free in the browser – no installation required.
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TFORMer Designer
Builds shelf, pack and promotion labels from current product and price data.
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TBarCode SDK
Generates GTIN-based carriers directly from your PIM or e-commerce platform.
// generate a barcode
var bc = new Barcode();
bc.Type = "QRCode";
bc.Save("out.png");
From PIM to pack
Every carrier from one product record.
Linear for the till, 2D for everyone else, generated together.
100+
barcode symbologies including every retail carrier
4
vector formats for prepress — EPS, SVG, PDF and PostScript
20,000+
customers run TEC-IT software worldwide
Priced from your ERP.
Shelf and pack data stay in sync with the master.
Master-driven labels
GTIN, price and description come from the article master — never a spreadsheet.
Always current
A price change in the ERP is the price on the next label, automatically.
Scales across stores
A new store prints on-brand, correctly priced labels day one.
Customer stories
How companies run identification, labeling and data capture on TEC-IT software – in production, logistics and IT.
Frequently asked questions
Learn more about Retail & Consumer Goods.
What is GS1 Sunrise 2027?
An industry milestone for retail point-of-sale systems to read 2D barcodes — GS1 DataMatrix and QR with GS1 Digital Link — at checkout alongside EAN/UPC. It is a readiness programme rather than law, but it changes what packaging needs to carry.
Do we have to replace our EAN codes now?
No. The transition is additive: packaging carries the existing linear code and a 2D code during the changeover, so products scan wherever they are sold. TEC-IT generates both from the same product data.
What does GS1 Digital Link add?
It turns the code into a web-resolvable identifier, so one symbol can serve the checkout and also link consumers to product information, provenance or recycling data — without a second code on the pack.
Why do codes fail at checkout even though the artwork looks right?
Usually magnification, contrast or quiet zone: EAN/UPC symbols have specified dimensions per ISO/IEC 15420, and a code scaled to fit a design frequently falls below them. Generate at the correct size rather than resizing afterwards.
More resources
Guide
EAN, UPC and other retail barcodes
Explore the linear symbologies commonly printed on consumer products and shelf labels.
FAQRetail barcode creation FAQ
Retail barcode guidance covering GS1, check digits and point-of-sale formats.
Customer storyH.B. Fuller: standardized output from one toolchain
Learn how centrally managed label workflows scale across a global business.